London (European Parliament Constituency)
LONDON is a constituency of the
European ParliamentEuropean Parliament . It currently
elects 8 MEPs using the d\'Hondt method of party-list proportional
representation . CONTENTS * 1 Boundaries
* 2 History
* 3 Returned members * 4 Election results * 4.1 2014
* 4.2 2009
* 4.3 2004
* 4.4 1999 * 5 References BOUNDARIESThe constituency corresponds to the Greater
LondonLondon region of England,
in the south east of the United Kingdom. HISTORYPrior to 1999,
LondonLondon was represented by a number of single-member
constituencies
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List Of United Kingdom Parliament Constituencies
An ELECTORAL DISTRICT (also known as a CONSTITUENCY, LEGISLATIVE
DISTRICT, RIDING, WARD, DIVISION, ELECTORAL AREA, or ELECTORATE) is a
territorial subdivision for electing members to a legislative body .
Generally, only voters (constituents) who reside within the district
are permitted to vote in an election held there. From a single
district, a single member or multiple members might be chosen. Members
might be chosen by a first-past-the-post system or a proportional
representative system, or another voting method entirely. Members
might be chosen through a direct election under universal suffrage ,
an indirect election , or another form of suffrage
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London Ambulance Service
The LONDON AMBULANCE SERVICE (LAS) is a
National Health ServiceNational Health Service trust
that is responsible for answering and responding to medical
emergencies within
LondonLondon , such as 999 emergency response and getting
help to those who need it as quickly as possible. It is one of the busiest ambulance services in the world, and the
busiest in the United Kingdom, providing care to more than 8.6 million
people, who live and work in London. The service is currently under
the leadership of Chief Executive Officer Garrett Emmerson. The
service employs around 4,500 staff
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Emergency Medical Services In The United Kingdom
EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES IN THE UNITED KINGDOM provide emergency
care to people with acute illness or injury and are predominantly
provided free at the point of use by the four National Health Services
of England , Scotland , Wales , and
Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland . Emergency care
including ambulance and emergency department treatment is free to
everyone, regardless of immigration or visitor status. The NHS commissions most emergency medical services through the 14
NHS organisations with ambulance responsibility across the UK (11 in
England, 1 each in the other three countries). As with other emergency services, the public normally access
emergency medical services through one of the valid emergency
telephone numbers (either 999 or 112 )
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List Of Law Enforcement Agencies In The United Kingdom
This is a LIST OF LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES IN THE UNITED KINGDOM ,
CROWN DEPENDENCIES AND BRITISH OVERSEAS TERRITORIES . There are a
number of agencies that participate in law enforcement in the United
Kingdom which can be grouped into three general types: * TERRITORIAL POLICE FORCES, who carry out the majority of policing.
These are police forces that cover a police area (a particular region)
and have an independent police authority
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Fire Services In The United Kingdom
The FIRE SERVICES IN THE UNITED KINGDOM operate under separate
legislative and administrative arrangements in
England and WalesEngland and Wales ,
Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland , and
ScotlandScotland . Emergency cover is provided by over fifty fire and rescue services
(FRS), which is the term used in modern legislation and by government
departments. Many FRS were previously known as brigades or county
fire services, but almost all now use the standard terminology. They
are distinct from and governed by a fire authority , which is the
legislative, public and administrative body, made up of civilians
(usually members of elected local or regional bodies). Fire
authorities in
England and WalesEngland and Wales (and formerly Scotland), and
therefore fire and rescue services, receive a large proportion of
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County Of London
The COUNTY OF LONDON was a county of England from 1889 to 1965,
corresponding to the area known today as
Inner LondonInner London . It was created
as part of the general introduction of elected county government in
England, by way of the
Local Government Act 1888 . The Act created an
administrative County of London, which included within its territory
the
City of LondonCity of London . However, the
City of LondonCity of London and the County of
London formed separate ceremonial counties for "non-administrative "
purposes. The local authority for the county was the London County
Council (LCC), which initially performed only a limited range of
functions, but gained further powers during its 76-year existence. The
LCC provided very few services within the City of London, where the
ancient Corporation monopolised local governance
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Geographic Coordinate System
A GEOGRAPHIC COORDINATE SYSTEM is a coordinate system used in
geography that enables every location on Earth to be specified by a
set of numbers, letters or symbols. The coordinates are often chosen
such that one of the numbers represents a vertical position , and two
or three of the numbers represent a horizontal position . A common
choice of coordinates is latitude , longitude and elevation . To specify a location on a two-dimensional map requires a map
projection
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